December 19 2002 at 4:11 AM No score for this post
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Okay, looking at the circa very beginning of Act V map in my lap (since the scanner is in the parent's bedroom and it's Late) I see:
Major Powers:
Republic of Haven - no warpships, still kinda ramshackle and communistish, but getting better fast, and still quite sizable. Current ruler: Eloise Pritchard.
Manticoran Alliance - likewise no warpships, but a lot of other neat new toys. Subject to rather severe internal pressures. Current ruler: Elizabeth Winton.
Khanate of Orion/Gorm Union - Holds and actually -uses- a goodsized section of the Outer Core, along with many of the inner worlds of the former Anderman Empire. No warpships known. Current ruler: not yet decided.
Empire of Jurai - Currently reduced by about a third, with a largish proportion of its inner worlds in ashes from the Aku'Ultan. Badly depleted w/regards treeships, but currently fielding both cabbits and techships in large enough numbers to make up most of the difference. Treeships and cabbits are now warp capible, no one knows how. Current ruler: Azusa Masaki.
Empire of the Ahb - Formed by a Juraiian splinter faction, the Ahb have quite a bit in common culturally, but have lost some of their former technical edge. Likewise fields warpships. Current ruler: not yet decided
Humanx Commonwealth - Massively expanded, covering two fifths of the galaxy and two thirds of the galaxy's industrial potential. Has absorbed the former Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, Silesian Confederacy, and Taiidani Empire. Also held are the spaces formerly occupied by the Vorlon (who vamoosed without a word after the defeat of the Cthulonic Entities and the Straumli Perversion, an action that most hold to have had something to do with the fact that, while fighting the Perversion, they also ashed about half the Centauri Republic without warning or explanation.) and the Darkvoid (which was replaced by all the stars and planets that -should- have been there all along - but with no evidence at all of their proper inhabitants). Current ruler: Usagi Tsukino.
Minor Powers:
Outworlds Alliance
Magistry of Canopus
Federated Suns
Draconis Combine
Lyran Commonwealth
Free Worlds League
Cappellan Confederation
Cardassian Union
Rihansu Praetorate
Klingon Empire
Ophiuchi Association
AAnn Empire
Regency of the Invid
Mimbari Federation
Cylon Empire
I'm sort of wary of setting the end in stone already, esspecially considering the major changes in powerstructures that will occur during acts 3 and 4, and some relativly minor ones during act 2... Even small actions could throw this entire thing of course, and hero's are know to do things that will change the course of history.
Say one atavar decided to try to make his/her own empire somewhere, from previos discusions, Usa will not just stomp on it and during act4 even a small empire could grow a lot and become a sizable player.